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SGL Group and BMW Group Establish Carbon Fiber-Joint Venture; BMW Will Use Output in the Megacity Vehicle

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SGL Group and BMW Group have formed a 51:49 joint venture to manufacture carbon fibers and fabrics for the automotive industry. The joint venture will be operated through two companies, one based in North America (SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers LLC), and the other in Germany (SGL Automotive Fibers GmbH & Co KG).

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BMW Group plants stepping up activities in balancing-power market to contribute to grid stability

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The energy control stations at BMW Group Plants Dingolfing and Landshut are stepping up their activities in the balancing-power market in Germany. Together with other highly-flexible controllable systems in the BMW Group production network, they will contribute to the stability of the public grid outside of the plant. Source: neon.

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Stratasys and Oak Ridge National Laboratory partner to advance additive manufacturing for production use

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the development of carbon-fiber-reinforced FDM feedstock materials to produce strong, lightweight components. BMW, for example, uses FDM at its plant in Regensburg, Germany, not only for vehicle design prototyping, but some direct digital manufacturing of hand-tools for automobile assembly and testing.

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BMW unveils the production i3 in New York, London and Beijing; efficiency, dynamics and a supporting ecosystem of services

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In a simultaneous—and video linked—unveil in New York, London and Beijing, BMW introduced the production version of its i3 battery-electric vehicle on Monday. Norbert Reithofer, Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG, during his remarks in New York. Earlier post.)

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Toyota details design of fuel cell system in Mirai; work on electrode catalysts

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The Toyota papers were part of the larger World Congress technical session on practical hydrogen fuel cell technology: PFL 720, Advances in Fuel Cell Vehicle Applications, chaired by Jesse Schneider of BMW. It would not be an overstatement to say that the very quality of automobiles depends on nanoscale analysis technologies.

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Ferrari’s Plug-in Hybrid One-Ups the Combustion Engine

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liter V-8 shrieking, as technically advanced as any automobile engine ever. You switch the mode on by dialing it up on the Ferrari’s dramatic steering wheel, which integrates a cool arc of LED lights on its carbon-fiber rim to cue drivers to shift. Yes, behind my helmeted head there’s a twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter

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Audi highlights its range of electrification efforts; Q7 diesel PHEV, A7 fuel cell PHEV, BEV, 48V and more; 750 Wh/l by 2025

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The driver can program times for charging as well as preheating or cooling and adapt them to his or her requirements, such as departure time, so as to save resources and costs. An outer skin made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) encases the inner aluminum shell. Second life. Fuel cell technology.

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